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gpg: signing failed: No secret key
gnupg-users at gnupg
Sep 7, 2023, 11:03 AM
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I get these endearing messages.

I cannot sign my message with the key.


I cannot delete the secret key.

I can decrypt with the secret key





gpg: signing failed: No secret key
gpg: message: clear-sign failed: No secret key

gpg: key "6O0PDA84A36B6C98B261AC2020546703CDADFA53" not found
gpg: 6O0PDA84A36B6C98B261AC2020546703CDADFA53: delete key failed: Not found

sec# nistp521 2023-08-11 [SC]

6O0PDA84A36B6C98B261AC2020546703CDADFA53
uid [ unknown] Richardh Bostrom <bostrom.richardh@proton.me>
ssb nistp521 2023-08-11 [E]

gpg --delete-secret-keys CDSXFA53
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gpg: key "CDSXFA53" not found
gpg: CDSXFA53: delete key failed: Not found




Thank you.
Re: gpg: signing failed: No secret key [ In reply to ]
gnupg-users at gnupg
Sep 7, 2023, 11:42 AM
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Please don't send HTML to this list.

> gpg: key "6O0PDA84A36B6C98B261AC2020546703CDADFA53" not found

That's not a valid key ID. Key IDs are strings of hexadecimal digits.
Your second 'digit' there is the letter O, which is not a valid hexit.

> gpg --delete-secret-keys CDSXFA53

That's not a valid key ID. Neither S nor X are valid hexits.

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